being arrested for killing Ramu. However, the grandfather gratefully entrusts Chanthu and the film crew to take care of Vasumathi before he accepts his arrest. Vasumathi counsels Chanthu to go back to Indira if he chooses to. The film crew later made a movie based on the events, and it is revealed that Chanthu (now a successful script writer) has married Vasumathi while Indira is married to Krishnan. Cast Jayasurya as Chandu, an aspiring screenwriter and the main protagonist of the film Navya Nair as Vasumathi, a traditional girl who believed Chandu's letters Nair also portrayed Ambika, Vasumathi's mother Bhavana as Indira Vineeth as Krishnan a.k.a. Kichu, an assistant choreographer Lal as Harikrishnan, the film director Salim Kumar as Dance Master Vikram a.k.a. Michael alias Jackson alias Vikram alias, an overrated choreographer Vinayakan as Romeo, a junior artist in the film industry Cochin Haneefa as Karim, the cameraman Siddique as Ramu, Vasumathi's murderous uncle, and the main antagonist of the film Janardhanan as Thampuran, Indira's father Kulappulli Leela as Chandu's mother Krishnakumar as Aravindan Madhu as Vasumathi's grandfather Indrans as Pappan, Chandu's closest friend Jagathy Sreekumar as Manthravad T. P. Madhavan as Sathyan, one of Vasumathi's other uncles Machan Varghese as Salim, Assistant director Kochu Preman as Balan, Palace secretary Narayanankutty as Bharathan, bus conductor Ramu as Jagannathan, one of Vasumathi's other uncles Mafia Sasi as stunt master Captain Raju as Kunjachan, film producer Bindu Ramakrishnan as Vasumathi's grandmother Ponnamma Babu Manka Mahesh Poornima Anand Deepika Mohan Beena Sabu Maya Viswanath Nandana as Vandana, a Background dancer Bindu Panicker as Reshmi (Cameo Appearance) Production Casting The initial script by Rafi–Mecartin followed a girl who mistakenly gets a love letter and goes out to find the man who sent her the letter. It was later that the character of Chandu who aspires to be a filmmaker was added in. The title of the film and the name of the protagonist is taken from the 1989 classic Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, in which the character of Chanthu is known by the sobriquet of Chathiyan Chandu (literally 'Chandu the Betrayer'). The role of Chanthu was first offered to Dileep, who initially accepted the role but later walked out of the project due to unknown reasons. The film was produced and distributed by Lal Creations. The cinematography was done by Saloo George, while editing was done by Harihara Puthran. Filming The first scene of the